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PARKER COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas school teacher was arrested Friday for an alleged relationship with a male student that began when he was 15 years old. The Parker County Sheriff’s Office said authorities arrested Misty Lorene Cato, 43, of Springtown, and charged her with second-degree improper relationship between educator and student. Her bond is set at $100,000. READ MORE: North Texas Seeing Plenty Of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply With No Wait Lists Cato was recently a fifth grade math teacher at Springtown Intermediate School before she was placed on administrative leave due to the allegations. According to the sheriff’s office, the alleged relationship began while the student was enrolled in Azle ISD and continued for several years throughout Parker and Tarrant counties. READ MORE: 'Nobody Should Get Away With Murder': Family Continues Search For Answers After Father Killed In Suspected Road Rage Shooting In Dallas During an interview with Cato, the … [Read more...] about North Texas Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sexual Relationship With Student

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Even with the current pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, health officials say there is still plenty of supply in North Texas. However, demand seems to be less. READ MORE: 'Nobody Should Get Away With Murder': Family Continues Search For Answers After Father Killed In Suspected Road Rage Shooting In Dallas “I didn’t even have an appointment, and they got me signed up and vaccinated,” said Christian Haynie, who got his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Dallas County’s drive-thru clinic at Fair Park on Saturday. Haynie’s mom had to wait for more than a month to get her vaccine appointment with Dallas County. The long wait times and lines are long gone now that supply outpaces demand. “We have a lot in stock and continue to get more every week,” said Christian Grisales, spokesperson for Dallas County Health and Human Services. “Now it’s just a matter of people coming over and getting the vaccine.” At this point, there’s no wait … [Read more...] about North Texas Seeing Plenty Of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply With No Wait Lists

During an appearance on “Fox News @ Night” early Saturday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) weighed in on overtures from Democrats to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Cruz compared efforts by former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the last century to alter the number of justice but had gotten pushback from congressional Democrats at the time, which ended that push. However, the Texas Republican U.S. Senator said that unlike Roosevelt, President Joe Biden has support from Democrats on Capitol Hill. “I think he absolutely wants to do that,” Cruz said.”He’s appointed a commission to study packing the Supreme Court. Just this week, Democrats in both the House and Senate introduced their legislation to pack the Supreme Court, to take it from nine justices to 13 justices. You know, this is not the first time Democrats have tried to do this. FDR, when he was president, tried to pack the Supreme Court to ram through left-wing policies and his own party. The Democratic … [Read more...] about Cruz: Difference Between Biden, FDR Court-Packing Efforts Is Dems Now ‘Cheering Joe Biden On’

Tired of navigating another slush fest, this one in the second half of April? Take heart Colorado drivers — the state is unrivaled when it comes to avoiding fatal road accidents because of bad weather conditions, according to a new study from AutoInsuranceQuote. Poor weather conditions account for about 20 fatal crashes per 1 million drivers on average in the United States, the study found. In Colorado, the fatality rate because of weather-related road accidents is only four per one million, the lowest rate in the nation and one-fifth the national average. The usual relationship is the heavier the precipitation — be it snow, ice or rain — the higher the rate of fatal road accidents that follow. The only states that come close to matching Colorado safety record have fair weather in their favor.  They include Arizona, with five weather-related fatalities per 1 million drivers and California, with six fatalities per 1 million drivers. Utah and Nevada are also in the running, with … [Read more...] about Colorado drivers are the country’s safest at navigating poor weather, study finds

HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A facility in Houston that housed girls who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied is being closed and the girls immediately moved, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday. About 450 girls housed since April 1 in an Emergency Intake Site for Unaccompanied Children operated by the National Association of Christian Churches near Bush Intercontinental Airport were being moved. READ MORE: North Texas Seeing Plenty Of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply With No Wait Lists “The NACC Houston EIS and other Emergency Intake Sites are intended for use as a temporary measure,” HHS said in a statement. Officials with FIEL, an immigrant advocacy group in Houston, praised the removal of the girls that FIEL director Cesar Espinosa said are 13-17 years old, but questioned the reason for the move. Espinosa said there was an incident at the center Friday night and a FIEL employee saw law enforcement and ambulances outside the center, but could not … [Read more...] about Hundreds Of Teen Immigrant Girls Moved From Houston Facility